Necktie retainer

Abstract

A retainer for containing the free hanging terminal ends of a necktie has two primary portions, a tailend retaining band carried by a button on the wearer's shirt and a longitudinal strip portion carried by the backside surface of the display end of the necktie and the band and strip portion having complimentary hook-and-loop fabric material which may be fastened temporarily together to secure the terminal ends. The tailend of the necktie is passed vertically through an opening in the band and is slidably contained thereby while the display end is secured by the hook-and-loop fabric fastening.

I claim: 
     
       1. A retainer usable in conjunction with a necktie having a tailend and a display end which hang freely with reference to a wearer's buttoned shirt closure, said retainer comprising in combination: a tailend retaining band including a face strip ply of a hook-and-loop type fabric material the ends of which are affixed to a backing strip ply of fabric material to form a tubular band to encircle said tailend, said backing strip ply having a single buttonhole therethrough for attachment to a shirt of the wearer at a shirt button position; and   a display end retaining portion including a length of hook-and-loop fabric material secured to a backside surface of said display end of said necktie longitudinally along a centerline of said display end;   said tailend retaining band and said display end retaining portion having complimentary hook-and-loop fabric material such that said tailend retaining band is releasably fastened to said display end when said necktie is worn and said tailend is passed vertically through said tubular band and is freely movable through the band.   
     
     
       2. The retainer as set forth in claim 1 wherein the length of said display retaining portion is at least 3 inches (7.62 cm). 
     
     
       3. The retainer as set forth in claim 1 wherein said face strip ply of said tailend retaining band comprises hook fabric material and said display end retaining portion comprises loop fabric material. 
     
     
       4. The retainer as set forth in claim 1 wherein said display end retaining portion is secured to the backside surface of said necktie via an adhesive material. 
     
     
       5. The retainer as set forth in claim 1 wherein said display end retaining portion comprises hook-and-loop fabric material which is part and parcel of the fabric comprising said necktie. 
     
     
       6. The retainer as set forth in claim 1 wherein said display end retaining portion comprises hook-and-loop fabric material which is sewn in at the longitudinal seam at the backside of said necktie.